Dave Toub again mentioned as potential head coaching candidate

When it comes to Dave Toub’s potential as a future coach, the question seems to be “when” rather than “if.”

Toub, now in his fifth year as the Kansas City Chiefs’ special teams coordinator, has been mentioned as a potential coach for quite some time now.

He interviewed for the Chargers and Broncos’ vacant coaching gigs this past offseason, but ultimately stayed in KC. Still, his time should come soon.

In Robert Klemko’s latest piece on Sports Illustrated, he mentioned Toub as a potential coaching candidate. Klemko said he “spoke with 20 current and former NFL personnel executives who make it their business to know who’s got next in the NFL head coaching carousel,” so needless to say he knows his stuff.

“Considered one of the great special teams coaches of all time, Toub, 55, helped develop Devin Hester into arguably the greatest return man in NFL history during his decade in Chicago. If a special teams coach is going to get the nod to lead an NFL team in the near future, it will be Toub.”

If Toub does landing a coaching gig in the near future, he wouldn’t be the only former special teams coordinator to do so. Ravens coach John Harbaugh was an ST coordinator for the Eagles (mostly under coach Andy Reid) from 1998 to 2007.

In his time in KC, Toub has consistently put together top five special teams units. He did so with the Chicago Bears as well from 2004 to 2012. The Chiefs and KC fans should cherish the moments with Toub as the Chiefs’ ST coordinator, because he probably won’t be there for long.

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